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Gregory, one of three excellent John Forsyth offerings to hit this shore in recent years, has so many people saying "great" and "super" in quaint Scottish gurgles that one wishes Porky would pop in and mutter some indescribable obscenity. Forsyth is to be commended, however, for his ability to remain bemused at all times, even when the urge to mutter pseudo-profundities about self-respect becomes almost unbearable...
...Berklce show, he did Clapton's blues, Van Halen's hammering. Beck's lightning fusion, and Page's power dissonance, so that all the parts flowed into each other. On "Shoot Out The Lights," he captured some low-register feedback that would have made Hendriv's month fall and mutter "Shit, that boy can play." And he never once looked at the neck of the guitar...
...route to the U.S. in 1960 as part of the entourage accompanying Nikita Khrushchev, Shevchenko hears the bumptious Premier mutter threats against the life of then U.N. Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, who died mysteriously in a plane crash in the Congo a year later...
...four men mutter pointedly about the performers' talent, poise and looks. "The guy in the tie-dyed shirt is technically fine," Hornaday says, "but his eyes are dead." Even the judgments that benefit auditioners could prove painful if spoken within their earshot. Says Feuer: "We need someone who looks foolish to play Greg." His colleagues nod, and one young man is in. But the triumph is temporary and perhaps hollow. At this stage, the auditioners are moving on to "call-backs," the first step in a process that will, the producers admit, stretch up to the start of production...
...quickly become the most famous question in America. In schoolyards children gleefully taunt each other with it, and in many households it has replaced "What's for dinner?" as the leading mealtime query. People in long lines at movie theaters, grocery stores and gas stations mutter it with a smile. Even presidential candidates have succumbed to its charm. The question: "Where's the beef...